THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 THIS EVENING TO NOON WEDNESDAY. FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SLEET WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT, THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY COME DOWN RATHER HARD FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE ENDING EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL READILY STICK TO PAVED SURFACES CAUSING A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE VERY HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY WILL LIKELY BE UNDER A MILE DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW.
